Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 99.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 99.3% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador peaked at 99.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 66.7%, in 2003.
That places El Salvador 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 66.7% | — |
| 2004 | 66.9% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 68.9% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 70.1% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 71.9% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 99.1% | +37.9% |
| 2009 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.4% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 99.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 99% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 99.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100.0%, 99% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +37.9% | 71.9% | 99.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.5% | 66.7% | 99.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in El Salvador was 99.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.7% in 2003.
- How does El Salvador rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- El Salvador ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.